Most of this falls fundraising has been secured already as
my wife and I continue to fund 75% of the research I am conducting during
spring and fall raptor migration. This is a 10-year effort at both
Duck CreekPass Hawk Watch and
Cave Knoll Hawk Watch, so there is plenty of time to donate
to this important research. To donate head over to the
How to Support page. All
donations are tax deductible and will receive an acknowledgment letter for tax
purposes. I will post updates to each site annual fundraising status and goals.
COVID 19
Due to the
inadequate response to the global pandemic here in the United States, our country has rapidly become the global epicenter of the
virus.
Since the virus is likely here to
stay and currently on the rise, I will not be encouraging visitation at the
Duck Creek Pass Hawk Watch this fall. This is unfortunate as I had hoped to have
other qualified observers help with spotting migrating raptors. Since I am the
only observer at this site, I don’t have the ability to police visitors and
their compliance with COVID 19 mitigation strategies. Two other important
considerations with my desire for non-visitation this fall are wind and the dry
camp nature of my site. It is still unclear how far the exhaled droplets of COVID
19 travel in windy conditions and how far the droplets travel when talking.
Since my camp lacks water and sanitation my best strategy is to avoid community
transmission. I am not sure what my access to the internet will be on site either,
so I am unable to dedicate the time required to track the spread or decline of
COVID 19. Considering all of the reasons I have just laid out above I
respectfully ask that people not visit the site during this fall migration.
Your best way to follow along will be on the
blog and at
HMANA. Thanks for your
adherence to this request this fall.
